Morning! I don't know why people keep saying they have so much more time during these quarantine days than normal as it's only shrunken for us (these kids nip at us 24/7!), but if you're one of those fortunate ones, perhaps some of these articles will help you pass the time more enjoyably :) Below's a mix of my favorite financial and lifestyle reads from the month that
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Financial Sayings I Wish Were True!
Here are a bunch of financial phrases I wish were true, along with some that I'm glad are not. If you ever wondered what I do on my spare time, this is it :) ****** Being worth your weight in gold At gold hovering around $1,770/oz currently, I'd be worth approximately $4,956,000! Having a license to print money Yes please! Cash cow That would be cool to see
Did you get a Stimulus Check? What did you end up doing with it?
Saw some stats on how people are using them, and thought it would be interesting to compare with our own community here :) Here's what SmartAsset.com found when they polled 1,300+ people: More than half of adults – 52.09% – said they primarily plan to use their stimulus check on needs such as rent and food. Putting the money into savings was the next most popular category,
Crappy Jobs on My Path to FIRE
[Hey guys! Please welcome 5 AM Joel back to the site today as he starts transitioning into his new role here while I go the opposite way at the end of the month... Really really enjoyed this post of his, and hoping you do too! See ya back on Monday!] ******* Check out that old name tag up above... Yep, I used to work at McDonald's. Started back in 1999 when I was 14
Who the heck is 5am Joel?
Good morning, all! Nice to meet you, I’m Joel. I’m the new guy. Hang on a sec, where is J. Money? As J announced earlier this week, he’s slowly stepping away from blogging here. He’ll be passing the reins over to me starting in June. 😬 Good news though, J’s not going too far!... He just extended his contract with Soapbox (the peeps who own this blog) and they
Things I learned this week…
Y'all seem to be enjoying all these random things I've been learning, so I'll continue sharing them unless the digital tomatoes start coming my way ;) Here's the latest batch of things that have fascinated me... I'd love it if anyone could get to the bottom of #5 down there! #1. There's a dating site for FIRE lovers! --> FireDating.me -- "The first and only
My last month on the blog :)
Morning friends, old and new! Welp, it's that time of the journey where I start phasing out of the blog here and pass the torch on to a younger, more impassioned, person to continue spreading the good word! One of the scariest things I'll ever do as I've been blogging here for over *a fourth* of my life now (!!!), but as novelist Paulo Coelho once said, "If you think
A *FREE* Legacy Binder on the scene!
Morning, y'all! So many of you know how much I LOVE Chelsea's "ICE" Binder she put out the other year ("In Case of Emergency" Binder) - aka Legacy Binder - that houses all the things someone would need to know about you/your finances/family/estate/etc in the untimely death of you or your significant other, so naturally when I saw this note come my way I immediately perked
Life on the other side of the globe!
Morning, guys!! Stumbled across an old comment on the blog I tagged to share some day, and decided today's that day before I forget again! :) It was dropped in 2018 so it's a tiny bit dated, but a majority of this still holds true and thought you might find it as fascinating as I did when I first read it... Amazing that no matter where you live, or who you are, you still
I can officially die now… ;)
Welp friends, we finally checked off the last major part of managing our finances! We got a will and trust!! And it only took me 10 years to do DESPITE BEING A MONEY BLOGGER! ;) (Just keep that in mind the next time you're feeling bad about procrastinating yourself, lol...) I'd love to say it was super easy to do and we breezed through it, but it was actually a b*tch -
